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Media Coverage of Angel Tree |
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A number of news outlets, websites, and other media sources have highlighted the work Angel Tree is doing to minister to prisoners and their families this Christmas. Below are a few examples of such coverage:
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How Many Is 50,000? (SouthlakesMom.blogspot.com)
 Right now there are 50,000 kids whose parents who have signed them up for the Angel Tree program through Prison Fellowship Ministries who are scheduled to get . . . NOTHING. For a lot of reasons, including the recession, churches have taken fewer angels to serve locally. This leaves Angel Tree with more unserved angels in past years. Read More . . .
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Holiday Charities: How and Where to Get Involved (Camden County News Examiner, Camden, NJ)
A more hands on charity to become involved with is the Angel Tree Project. . . . This is a program of Prison Fellowship where toys are given to the children of incarcerated parents. Read More . . .
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Ministry Focuses on Children of Prisoners (CitizenLink.com)
Angel Tree Ministry is looking for sponsors for about 500,000 children of prisoners. The organization, run by Prison Fellowship, delivers a gift-wrapped package with an age-appropriate gift, a note from the parent in prison and a clear presentation of the Gospel. Read More . . .
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50,000 Children Unreached, Angel Tree Sponsors Needed (OneNewsNow.com)
More than 50,000 children of inmates are in danger of not receiving gifts on Christmas morning, but a ministry is working toward decreasing or eliminating that number so that no child will be disappointed. Read More . . .
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Angel Tree Project Helps Families of Incarcerated (Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, AL)
Several University of Alabama swimmers, runners, basketball players, baseball players, softball players, gymnasts and rowers came to Coleman Coliseum on Tuesday night to hand out gifts for the Prison Fellowship Angel Tree Project. Read More . . .
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Sharing Love with Inmates' Families (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA)
The Rev. Richard Kardell, now of South Hills Assembly of God Church in Bethel Park, said he had a life changing experience while incarcerated in the Allegheny County Jail in 1970. He left prison a different person, he said.
"I met the Lord and became a changed man. Now, I'm helping to change lives," he said. Read More . . .
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50,000 U.S. Children May Miss Christmas (Christian Post)
Prison Fellowship expects to serve about 400,000 children this year with the love of their imprisoned parents and of Christ through its annual Angel Tree program, but 50,000 children remain unsponsored. And time is running out. Read More . . .
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'In Bethlehem Inn' Continues This Weekend (Willits News, Willits, CA)
"Those attending Bethlehem Inn may bring 'taxes' in the form of canned or nonperishable foods, or a check to Agape Bible Church to the performance," Brandt says. Food and money, as well ticket income after expenses are covered, will be used to help local families identified by the Angel Tree program, a ministry of Chuck Colson's Prison Fellowship. Read More . . .
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Angel Tree Seeks to fill an Urgent Need this Christmas (Christian Post)
Every child has a story. For 1.5 million American children, that story is filled with the abandonment, loneliness, and shame that come from having a mom or dad in prison. Read More . . .
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Church Gives Holiday Cheer to Children of Inmates (Community Press, Cincinnati, OH)
The holiday season is here, which means churches and charitable organizations are putting forth even more effort to help those less fortunate.
One group in need of some holiday cheer is children with parents in prison during the holiday season. Read More . . .
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Local Business Asking Customers to Help Chip in for Charity during Holidays (Waco Tribune-Herald, Waco, TX)
Central Texas Angel Tree, which collects presents for children whose parents are in prison, has long used [the concept of having an in-store presence] at Richland Mall. Read More . . .
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After a Lifetime of Going Nowhere, Wrestler's Definitely Going Somewhere (Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA)
The Brummels. Joe, a chaplain at Central and his wife, Diana, coordinate Angel Tree camps every summer in Eldora, Pella and Ottumwa. Angel Tree, a respite for the children of prison inmates, was where they met Palmer—only a few months after he'd tried to slit his own throat. Read More . . .
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